Kakashi has been noted by Naruto to be smarter than Shikamaru Nara, have a better nose than Kiba Inuzuka, a better taijutsu performance than Rock Lee, and a better Sharingan mastery than Sasuke Uchiha prior to defecting from Konoha.[5]

However, this technique uses so much chakra that he has to be hospitalized for a week after using it three times in one day.